Does Oxygen (O2) Desaturation on Swallowing Predict Aspiration in Acute Stroke?

Measurement of Oxygen Desaturation Is Not Useful for the Detection of Aspiration in Dysphagic Stroke Patients

BACKGROUND Dysphagia is one of the most dangerous symptoms of acute stroke. Various screening tools have been suggested for the early detection of this condition. In spite of conflicting results, measurement of oxygen saturation (SpO2) during clinical swallowing assessment is still recommended by different national guidelines as a screening tool with a decline in SpO2 ≥2% usually being regarded...

Assessment of aspiration risk in acute ischaemic stroke--evaluation of the simple swallowing provocation test.

BACKGROUND Aspiration is a common complication in acute stroke patients and is strongly associated with a poor outcome. Due to an insufficient sensitivity and specificity of clinical bedside tests, further refinements are needed to improve the accuracy of clinical aspiration screening in acute stroke. OBJECTIVE To assess the ability of the simple 2-step swallowing provocation test (SPT) to de...

Aspiration-Related Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Acute Stroke Patient

BACKGROUND Aspiration of oral or gastric contents into the larynx and lower respiratory tract is a common problem in acute stroke patients, which significantly increases the incidence of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). However, little is known about the clinical characteristics of aspiration-related ARDS in acute stroke patients. METHODS Over 17-month period a retrospective cohort...

Aspiration due to difficulty in swallowing.

Altered Swallowing Physiology and Aspiration in COPD.

cortisol deficiency associated with low-dose corticosteroid therapy for asthma. Pediatrics 1996; 97:921–923 7 Tabachnik E, Zadik Z. Diurnal cortisol secretion during therapy with inhaled beclomethasone dipropionate in children with asthma. We thank Doctors Caballero-Fonseca and Sanchez-Borges for their interest in our abstract (October 2001 supplement). 1 We reported on a large case series of p...